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General Motors announced it will stop using the name “Ultium” for its electric vehicle (EV) batteries and technology during its investor day event Tuesday, according to multiple media sources.  The company plans to continue using the batteries and technology for EVs, CNBC says. It reports the company is only separating from use of the name which it spent years promoting.  This included millions of dollars marketing and advertising Ultium in Supe…

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GM announces it will stop using ‘Ultium’ name for EV batteries after marketing for years

Production has finally ended forever on the cut-rate Ram 1500 Classic. Get all the latest auto industry news in the Executive Briefing.    Today’s headlines: +   Battery maker Northvolt of Sweden is attemping to sell off its inventories of raw manufacturing materials as the company takes steps to improve its financial position. More at Reuters.  +   General Motors’ third-quarter sales in China declined 21 percent from last year amid its reorgani…

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GM's much-touted Ultium system hasn't worked out as the company had hoped. As such, it's adopting other battery cell chemistries and physical formats.

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GM is ditching its one-size-fits-all Ultium battery system and adopting other cell formats

General Motors (GM) is set to abandon the Ultium brand name for its electric vehicle (EV) batteries and technologies, signaling a significant shift in its battery strategy. This decision, announced by Kurt Kelty, GM’s vice president of battery cell and pack, during the annual Investor Day presentation, aims to enhance the automaker’s approach to battery production amidst challenges in scaling up the Ultium platform. While GM retains the underlyi…

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GM abandons Ultium brand name, shifts to tailored battery solutions

GM made several announcements at its investor day Tuesday including that it will build a new battery cell development center in Warren by early 2027.

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GM drops Ultium name, says it will build a new battery center and EVs will be profitable

The husband of a Waren woman who is serving 20 years in federal prison for filming sexually explicit video of herself with two young children has admitted to possessing child pornography. Ryan Dunbar, 32, who has lived in Macomb County, pleaded guilty late last month in U.S. District Court in Detroit to an added single count of child-pornography possession for having five photos of a “lascivious display” of the genitals of a child under age 12 o…

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Husband of imprisoned Warren woman pleads to possessing child porn

Fieger Law to announce lawsuit that seeks $100,000,000 in damages on behalf of the men's families.

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Families of 2 killed in car crash with Warren police to sue

A Republican National Committee lawsuit against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson resulted in new guidance on signature verification following issues in Warren during the August primary. The RNC sued Benson in September after incomplete guidance from her office resulted in thousands of absent voter ballots tabulated in Warren during the Aug. 6 primary “despite the complete absence of a statement by the clerk on the corresponding return …

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RNC Lawsuit Forces Michigan Secretary of State to Issue New Election Guidance to Require Proof Signatures Have Been Verified Before Ballots Are Counted

WARREN, Mich. (WTVO) — Automaker Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram, has announced it is laying off 1,100 employees at its Warren Truck Assembly Plant. The company went on to say it would be "implementing indefinite layoffs of represented employees across its footprint" as a cost-saving measure as it faces a decline in sales, according to NPR. The plant in Warren, Michigan manufactured the Ram 1500 Classic, which is …

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Stellantis laying off 1,100 workers at Michigan plant

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United Auto Workers union members are getting ready to vote to authorize a strike at Stellantis, the company that includes Chrysler. This vote comes just over a year since the UAW struck Stellantis, General Motors and Ford and won major contract gains.



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Will there be another auto strike? Class conflict sharpens at Stellantis

General Motors (GM) plans to reduce the price of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States by expanding the range of battery chemistries it uses to include lithium-iron phosphate (LFP), its vice president of batteries, Kurt Kelty, told an annual investor’s panel on Tuesday October 8. The move will reduce GM’s reliance on nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) batteries and the use of LFP battery technology will reduce the cost of an EV by “as much as …

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